An alright bench to get back at it. I knew I wasn't going to go into it with all my strength after missing two weeks out, but overall I'm happy.Back to eating clean and plenty of nutrient dense foods to make up for the crap I ate at home.

Went for 295 as a single today and failed on both about half way up. Lost my confidence and the flow in my workout. Definitely going to be working at my squats and my other lifts as much as I can. I really want to be as strong as I can be, and those two weeks off really hurt my progress.

Nice, pulling heavy with hook grip! Have you been working on it for a while or did you just try it out this time? I've been trying to work the hook grip into my lifting a bit more, hopefully I'll be able to hit my final heavy deadlift sets with it soon.

Squat, November 7, 2012.135x5185x5225x5245x5265x5275x3285x2 Stoked on this, not a PB, but I felt strong and could have done more but didn't want to tax my body too much before my accessory. I also tried for maxes last week.Drop Set from 275 down to 185 for 20 reps.

Front Squats135x10185x5205x3225x1 PB on a front squat, could have gone heavier, but was happy with my progress with this lift.

November 13, 2012.Deadlift135x5225x5275x5315x5365x5405x3425x1445x1 PBDidn't know I was going to go try for a max today on deadlifts, but I was feeling like shit and used a lot of that to power through the last couple of pulls.I could have definitely done two reps at 425, but wanted to save my strength for 445.

November 14, 2012.SquatsBarx10135x5185x5225x5265x5275x5295x3315x1 PBRight to parallel and up with a bit of trouble. My core work lately definitely helped out a ton on this lift.275x3, 265x3, 255x3, 245x3, 225x4, 205x4.

Very solid squats there mate, a lot of work before your final set so if that was a little less it might not have felt so much of a struggle.Keep up the great work, I'll try to check in here more regularly. What is the main goal(s) that you're working towards? Let me know if I can help with anything - I just gave VeganRossco one of the 5/3/1 ebooks. Just yell out haha.Have a top weekend matey MF.